Reviewed by Lisa Marie Zapata
The inventive Halfway Dead by Terry Maggert follows a lively white witch, Carlie, protector of the town of Halfway in the Adirondack mountainside.
The tale begins in the woods where Carlie is fighting off a wendigo to the death. The heroine of the story is a spunky cook that is later confronted by a mysterious stranger asking for help finding a near extinct species of tree. Through investigative research, she learns of the spirit of an ancestor, Erasmus, that may be trapped inbetween worlds in the enchanted forest. With the help of detective Jim, half-human half vampire Wulfric, and a whisp, she embarks on a dangerous journey to the unknown.
Though enganging, many questions are left unanswered along the way. I give Halfway Dead 3